Teucrium campanulatum L.

Spice In the Sóller Botanical Garden

Family: LABIATAE (LAMIACEAE)

Genus: Teucrium

Province distribution: Balearic Islands.

Distribution in the islands: Mallorca.

General distribution (Phytogeography): South Mediterranean

IUCN Category: EWExtinct in the wild

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Chameophyte.

Habitats: Non-saline wetlands (intermittent watercourses, streams, artesian wells, ditches). Herbaceous communities in humid soils.

Characteristics: This perennial plant differs from the rest of the Teucrium as is has very divided leaves (bi-pinnatipartite) in oblong and lobulate segments. Can be mistaken for T. botrys, although this later plant is an annual, smaller and with pink flowers.